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Describe Handel’s Water Music. Who and/or what was it composed for? What instruments were used?

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Handel's Water Music is made up of three orchestral suites, written for an outdoor performance for King George I on the Thames. Legend has it that Handel composed Water Music to regain the favour of King George I. There were an ensemble of flutes, recorders, oboes, bassoons, trumpets, horns, violins, and basses.

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